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twaddle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twaddle \Twad"dle\, v. i. & t. [See {Twattle}.] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. --Stanyhurst. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twaddle \Twad"dle\, n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. --T. Hughes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: twaddle n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: {baloney}, {boloney}, {bilgewater}, {bosh}, {drool}, {humbug}, {taradiddle}, {tarradiddle}, {tommyrot}, {tosh}] v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}]
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